3 dead, at least 30 wounded in New Orleans area violence: Crime and court news

Including the Bourbon Street mass shooting yesterday (Nov. 27), three people were killed and 30 shot or stabbed in the metro area in the week that ended Sunday. All but five of those victims of violence were killed or wounded between Thanksgiving and Sunday, in one of the most violent four-day periods the region has seen in recent memory. Here are the week's crime and court news.

Two people were wounded during a shooting Monday afternoon (Nov. 21) in the St. Claude neighborhood, New Orleans police said. The shooting, reported by police shortly before 2 p.m., took place in the 3600 block of North Claiborne Avenue, which is about four blocks from NOPD's 5th District station. One man was taken by EMS to an area hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to his neck, police said. The second male victim received a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken by private vehicle to an area hospital.

Marcellus White, a 19-year veteran of the NOPD accused of raping a 14-year-old male relative, was rebooked Monday (Nov. 21) on 16 new counts -- 13 of them sex crimes --including a count of first-degree rape and four new counts of second-degree rape. White, 46, was arrested in September on accusations that in March or early April, he pushed a male family member onto a bed in his Algiers home and sexually assaulted him. On Sept. 23, White was booked on one count each of second-degree rape, molestation of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Jimez Daniels, 35, was arrested on drug and gun charges after his 4-year-old son brought ecstasy, marijuana and other drugs to school in a backpack, JPSO said. The boy's pre-kindergarten teacher at Miller Wall Elementary School in Marrero discovered the drugs Friday (Nov. 18), the sheriff's office said Monday.